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Stewart's Division

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Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Stewart's Division - Buckner's Corps Major General Alexander P. Stewart. September 20th, 1863, 10 a.m. Bate's Brigade -- Brigadier General William B. Bate. Brown's Brigade -- Brigadier General John C. Brown Brown's Brigade . . .

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Wood's Brigade

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near Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Wood's Brigade Cleburne's Division - Hill's Corps. Brigadier General S. A. M. Wood. September 20, 1863, 10 a.m. 16th Alabama - Major John H. McGaughy. 33d Alabama - Colonel Samuel Adams. 45th Alabama - Colonel E. B. . . .

(Parks & Recreational Areas • War, US Civil) Includes complete text, location, directions, 4 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rev. Henry Harmon Spalding

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Lapwai, Idaho.
In Memoriam Rev. Henry Harmon Spalding 1803 - 1874 and his wife Eliza Hart Spalding 1808 - 1851 Pioneers, Missionaries, Founders of Industry Education Religion and Christian Citizenship among the Nez Perce Indians Themselves . . .

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Mt. Zion United Methodist Church

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Leesburg, Virginia.
Mt. Zion, recognized as the oldest continuing African American Methodist congregation in Virginia, traces its origins to the Old Stone Church, established in Leesburg in 1766. Black members of the Old Stone Church, desiring . . .

(African Americans • Churches & Religion • Civil Rights) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang

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, Austria.
In diesem Haus fanden ab 1888 unter Vorsitz des Initiators der österreichischen Sozialpolitik Karl Freiherr von Vogelsang 1818 - 1890 die berühmten 'Entenabende' statt Diese waren Keimzelle der Christlichen Sozialbewegung . . .

(Churches & Religion • Labor Unions • Politics) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

A.M. Curley Traynor Memorial Highway

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near Mule Creek, New Mexico.
N.M. state Road 78 appeared on maps before 1927, but remained a gravel highway in several sections in Arizona and New Mexico through the 1960s. By 1971, all but one stretch near the border had been paved. Area rancher Curley . . .

(Roads & Vehicles) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Lyons and Campbell Ranch Headquarters

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near Silver City, New Mexico.
The one-million acre L. C. completely overshadowed other ranches in southwestern New Mexico. At peak operation, 60,000 cattle grazed mountains and grasslands stretching to Arizona, employing 75 cowboys and 100 families to . . .

(Agriculture • Animals) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Dietrich von Hildebrand

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, Austria.
In diesem Haus lebte von 1935 bis 1938 der Philosoph Dietrich v. Hildebrand 1889 - 1977 Seine Liebe zur Wahrheit führte ihn in die katholischen Kirche und in einen kompromisslosen Kampf gegen den Nationalsozialismus. - . . .

(Arts, Letters, Music • Churches & Religion) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Austrian Branch of the Teutonic Order

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, Austria.
In der Welt seid Ihr in Bedrängnis Aber habt Mut: Ich habe die Welt besiegt. (Jo 16,33) Mit 1. September 1938 lösten die Nationalsozialisten die Ballei Österreich des Deutschen Ordens auf. Am 24. März 1947 erklärte die . . .

(Churches & Religion • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

The Sugarloaf

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, United Kingdom.
The Sugarloaf The Sugarloaf is situated on Cannon Street which starts at St Paul's Cathedral and runs parallel with the River Thames for half a mile. Cannon Street was first known as ‘Candlewrich Street' named after the . . .

(Entertainment) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

William Nicholson

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, United Kingdom.
William Nicholson ( 1824 – 1909 ) Distiller, Politician, Cricket Player, Benefactor This alehouse is part of the Nicholson's heritage collection. They're all different, yet they all owe something to the man who founded . . .

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Bethnal Green Fire Memorial

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, United Kingdom.
Borough of Bethnal Green Memorial Alice Maud Denman and Peter Regelous Who lost their lives in attempting to save others at a fire at 423 Hackney Road on the 20th April 1902 Erected by public subscription C.E. Fox Mayor R. . . .

(Heroes) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Stairway to Heaven

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, United Kingdom.
Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster On 3 March the air raid warning sounded at 8.17pm. People made their way in the pitch dark of the blackout to file in an orderly manner down the steps of the single entrance to the . . .

(Disasters • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Bethnal Green Tube Shelter Disaster

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, United Kingdom.
Site of the Worst Civilian Disaster of the Second World War in Memory of 173 Men, Women and Children Who Lost Their Lives on the Evening of Wednesday 3rd March 1943 Descending These Steps to Bethnal Green Underground Air . . .

(Disasters • War, World II) Includes complete text, location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Daniel Mendoza

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, United Kingdom.
Daniel Mendoza Pugilist 1764 – 1836 English Champion who proudly billed himself as ‘Mendoza the Jew’, lived here when writing ‘The Art of Boxing’.

(Sports) Includes location, directions, 2 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Cushetunk

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near Milanville, Pennsylvania.
The first Connecticut settlement on the upper Delaware was made here in 1755, under lead of Moses Thomas and Daniel Skinner, on lands called Cushetunk by the Indians. Settlement seized by Indians and Tories, 1778.

(Native Americans • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Revolutionary) Includes location, directions, 3 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Rest Haven

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Monroe, New York.
Built 1902, Moses C. Migel purchased in 1923 as vacation home for blind. Donated to Amer. Fdn. for blind 1944. Helen Keller visited here.

(Charity & Public Work • Women) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

Harriman

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Harriman, New York.
Hamlet of Turner changed name 1910 to honor late railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman. Village was incorporated October 1914

(Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers) Includes location, directions, 1 photo, GPS coordinates, map.

1912 Lead City Hall / Homestake General Offices

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Lead, South Dakota.
Lead's City Hall was located in this ornate building at 215 West Main Street from 1912 until 1938. The building originally housed the mayor's and treasurer's offices, the courtroom, jail, and judge's chambers. After . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features) Includes complete text, location, directions, 6 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

Homestake Air Locomotive Number 35

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Lead, South Dakota.
Locomotive Number 35 was purchased in April, 1931 from the H.K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This locomotive was in service on the Homestake Tramway hauling ore from the Homestake shafts to the Homestake . . .

(Industry & Commerce • Man-Made Features • Railroads & Streetcars) Includes complete text, location, directions, 5 photos, GPS coordinates, map.
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